If everything remains on target, the state-of-the-art Linear Accelerator (LINAC) Cancer Treatment Centre now under construction at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) is set to receive its first patient in four months.

The National Health Fund (NHF) is reporting subsidy payments of just over $3.8 billion to NHF cardholders for claims made in 2015, a six per cent increase over the $3.59 billion that was paid out in 2014.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 12, 2015 - The Government through the Ministry of Health, has injected $35.4 million into critical medical research including cancer care, being conducted by the University of the West Indies (UWI) to address serious health conditions affecting Jamaicans.